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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Game Distribution

  I am trying to get a very simple 2D XNA game to run on other peoples machines; but when I send them the relevant files, they all complain of getting some form of error report. They all claim to have the requirements (XNA Framework, latest DirectX and .NET Framework 2.0) installed, but it seems something, somewhere isn't doing its job. One of the people in question only has a Radeon 7000, so it is understandable why it isn't working. But the other two have a GeForce 6800 and a 7300GS which should be more than enough! I have tried both ClickOnce installers and binaries from both Debug and Release directories. They all worked fine in folders on my machine, but on other computers the installers installed fine, but just throw up a windows error ...Show All

• Visual C# Expedite the Build Process

  I have a solution with a large number of projects (including a client app, server app, some utility DLLs, some custom development tools, and some DLLs that act as plug-ins for the main applications).  All of them are C#.  The time it takes to rebuild even after making a small change in one code file is significant.  Even though it only compiles one of the projects, it lists each project in the output pane and spends several seconds 'building' it (which doesn't seem to do anything).  My best guess is that its scanning the files of that project to determine if anything has changed and needs to be rebuilt. If it helps, the project has 32 projects with 507 code files in total (although the distribution is very uneve ...Show All

• Windows Forms run time error (book1.xls) invalid attachament type but works when continuied

  I have a vb app that creates a xls book1.xls and then sends an email and attaches book1.xls then goes and then goes to the next customer and drops book1 and creates a new book1. my problem is that during the run (200) customers i get an error at this point Dim oAttch As MailAttachment = New MailAttachment(sfile, MailEncoding.Base64) but i click continue and it still attaches book1.xls and will loop through 10-20-30 customers then pop the error again I press continue it my go to the end of the list or it may go 1 - and pop again then i click continue it attaches book1 and rusumes is there a way I can check for a specific error code error code -2147467259 and just tell it to contiinue I am r ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums custom dashboard with bird's eye view

  I have a custom dashboard that I would like to have a similiar tile navigation for bird's eye view. Is there a way to request the tiles for a location and how would i request the next tile ...Show All

• Visual Basic Most efficient way to insert text into a file

  I'm writing an app that creates a status text file. Any time there was a change I'd write to the file by: Status_Message_Text = DateString + " " + TimeString + " " + Status_Message + vbCrLf My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(File_Path, Status_Message_Text, True Elsewhere I display it in a Text Box: txtStatusLog.Text = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(File_Path) It works fabulous except that the write appends the text at the end. I'd like either a way to insert the text at the beginning of the file or somehow sort the display in the Text Box because I want to display the most recent status message first. For now I changed the write so that the Status_Message_Text reads in the file and the write ov ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies SharePoint Workflow event handling

  I need help with SharePoint Workflows! I have a workflow that collects signatures from an assigned group. The group members each have the option to either sign the document through the workflow form(InfoPath) or through a web part in SharePoint. If the group member signs the document through the workflow-no problem-the workflow does it's thing and completes. The problem is that if the group member signs the document through the web part the workflow will still be active in their task list. I need a way to "wake-up" the workflow when the doucment is updated. I tried using the listenActivity and added a onWorkflowItemUpdated action in one branch, then my onWorkflowUpdated action on the other. However, the workflow stalls at the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions grrrr - registering

  For some reason the registration page says my email address is invalid so i can't get the key, but its the same one i logged on with. Help Thanks!! Me too. I setup my passport on July 16th, so, it's been over 24 hours. Since the registration system requires that we log in with a passport or hotmail account (and I tried both ways) I fail to see why Microsoft is torturing us with retyping in the email and then saying that the email address is invalid. You guys ALREADY have the email through the passport. Can we get some real help Registration leaves a lot to be desired. ...Show All

• Visual C# Validation

  Sorry if this question is a dumb one, but I'm new in C# so.. How can I validate text that the user writes in a maskedTextBox with the OK button E.g. The user enters the program and needs to enter a password to have access. If the password is correct, he has access and the main window apppears. + Enters "Sample" into maskedTextBox 1. My apologies for double-post. I realised it's better to use if for this one, but it's not working. private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string CorrectPassword = "password"; if (textBox1.Text == CorrectPassword) Form1.textBox1.Text = "SAMPLE"; else Form2.Close(); } ...Show All

• Visual Basic Register dlls

  How to register vb.net dll in windows system. And how to register that .Dll in another system. If you want to register a .NET dll so that you can use the .NET classes from a COM environment (like VB6), then you should use the COM Class item template in your VB.NET class library, and use the regasm command line to register the DLL. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/vbfusion for details. ...Show All

• Windows Forms C#: Windows Form Application !!!

  Hi, I have a Master/Detail relationship in a Windows form Application, and I'm trying to fill one of my columns in the Detail table with Null Value using the following code: MyDataSet.Tables["myTable"].Rows[myTableBindingSource.Position]["Column1"] = DBNull.Value; this.Validate(); this.myTableBindingSource.EndEdit(); this.myTableTableAdapter.Update(this.MyDataSet.myTable); But it doesn't work. I checked it and understood that myTableBindingSource.Position doesn't point to the current record on the screen(as it is linked to the Master table by the relation), so it can not be a correct Index for MyDataSet.Tables["myTable"].Rows[ Index ]. Does anybody have any idea of how to deal with this case Thanks, Mathew ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Redistributing XNA executables

  I have a question is the result of the Release build folder (bin\Release) sufficient if I want to distribute an XNA appplication to another computer. The folder contains an XNAFramework.dll, but the other computer doesn't have XNA Framework installed. Is there an XNA redist executable What other dll's should I include. I tried as it is, (with only the xnaFramework.dll) but it doesn't seem to work please help Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I can't test them, because the other computers are in use, and their owners are very busy. I tried with the Game.dll, but at that time, the computer on which i tested didn't have .NET framework 2.0. I will keep trying, anyway. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How to remove HeaderFooter?

  Hi, I'm working with C# on a VSTO project, .NET 2005 I tried to set HeaderFooter.IsHeader = false; but this is the read only value. i even tried to delete the content ThisDocument.ActiveWindow.Document.Sections[1].Headers[Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range.Cut(); can anyone help me Thank in advance Paul and what happened when you tried the last Basically, I'd expect it to work, although the ActiveWindow.Document. part is unnecessary... I'd also expect Range.Delete(missing) to work. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Messenger ClientID/ClientCode

  I'm using a third party component to integrate MSN Messenger functions into one of my own applications, and this component makes reference to a ClientID/ClientCode which at presents emulates the data sent by MSN Messenger itself when signing on to the MSN Network. Is there anywhere where I can get an 'official' client id/code instead of using the emulated one Thanks in advance. Stuart.. Good luck.... I highly doubt if you will be officially recognized by microsoft. As far as I know the DotMSN library is "illigal", as well as let your own program connect to the MSN network... ...Show All

• .NET Development FileIOPermission

  OK, ive got a bit of a strange error Ive managed to get the IT staff to install visual C# 2005 express on a college computer, and it works pretty much fine. BUT When using an openfiledialog, i get this exception thown When do you get this error When the dialog opens When you select a file XP considers anything not local to be untrusted. (ie, it much like running a file off the internet). You can set the permission for that particular EXE to be trusted, but I believe you'd lose that next time you recompile. One can also make the user area trusted, but that's a OS admin question (out of my area) ...Show All

• SQL Server HideMemberIF: Parent vs. Only Child w/ Parent

  Even after reading the SQL BOL definitions, I'm unable to actually demonstrate a real-world difference between the "Never", "ParentName" and "Only Child w/ ParentName" settings for the HideMemberIF property with my multi-level hierarchy on it's ragged dimension. Specifically, my hierarchy simply will not hide a member named the same as it's parent, when viewed in VS's Dimension browser window, regardless of the HIdeMemberIF setting chosen. I've not yet loaded SQL 2K5's SP1, and here are my questions: (1) Could it be that VS's dimension browser and/or cube browser do not support the HideMemberIF property (2) If so, has that changed with SP1 I think I have seen this ...Show All